People want to say "you have to adjust for the pace of the game and the high-scoring"
Alright, but consider this - at the higher-paced game that they played, Wilt also played 48.5 minutes a game in 1961-62, missing only 8 games all season because he was ejected for fighting in one game.
He averaged 45 minutes a game for his career, no chartered flights, with minimal training staff and no sitting out the second night of back-to-backs for "rest".
And consider the Suns-Lakers Christmas nationally-televised game in 1968. Wilt had a pretty quiet night with 15 points (West had 26 and Baylor had 22), 15 rebounds and 6 assists. Oh, and an unofficial 23 blocked shots.
Wilt's career stats - 30/22/4 are even more impressive when you consider he retired with the highest career FG% at that point, the most points and rebounds, and probably some ridiculous number of blocks per game. 5? 6? 8?
Statistically, Wilt is untouchable. There have been players who passed his career total for points scored, but those were done in far more game, with one notable exception (Kareem 1,560 games, Malone 1,476, LeBron 1,258, Bryant 1,346, Jordan 1,072, Nowitzki 1,522) and most of those guys played until they were carried out on their shields. In Wilt's final season he led the league in rebounding, was all-defensive team, finished 4th in the MVP voting, and played 47+ minutes a night in the postseason for a team that lost in the Finals.
